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Best Overtake
There was plenty of overtaking at COTA but Max Verstappen's move on Sebastian Vettel was the standout maneuver. The Red Bull driver started on the soft compound tyre (the hardest available) and predictably sliced his way through the field. After his pit-stop, he was behind Sebastian Vettel, after the German had spun on the first lap following a mistake involving Ricciardo.
Verstappen didn't have the straight-line speed to eclipse Vettel, but had superior grip thanks to his fresh Pirellis. The Dutchman was climbing all over the back of Vettel, but Sebastian was going defensive into the tight and twisty final sector. However, the lines that Seb had to take put his Ferrari out of position going into the 180 degrees Turns 17 and 18 and Max predictably kept his pedal to the metal.
They went side-by-side into the right-hander, and Verstappen swooped around the outside to take P3 at the same spot when he was cruelly penalised last year.
It was an incredible drive from the Dutchman, and you'll hear more about it later in the article...
